After pulling off a three-way trade yesterday to land slugger Mark Trumbo, the Diamondbacks are currently looking for an impact starting pitcher via free agency and trade. And FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that they have one name at the top of their list.

Sources: #DBacks' No. 1 target is Tanaka. Continue to explore trades, free agents as they await decision on whether Tanaka will be posted.

Of course, we still don’t know if the Rakuten Golden Eagles will actually post Tanaka. And even if the Diamondbacks make the max bid of $20 million in the new posting process, they’ll face plenty of competition from other teams in order to sign him. The amount of teams in the mix could net him a contract around $100 million when it’s all said and done. That’s a big price for someone who is unproven in the United States, but Tanaka is only 25 years old, and as opposed to signing a free agent like Ervin Santana, he’s not attached to draft pick compensation.

He threw 160 pitches during the playoffs then closed when he wasn’t available. So the answer yes. I think the 20 teams that don’t have an ace should have him as a priority, along with a few that already have one.

I think the MLB sort of screwed itselff on this posting fee thing. In an attempt to make everyone be able to bid the max, and to put the majority of the signing $$ towards the cap (posting fee is excluded I believe) they made it such that these guys are BASICALLY a FA where they can pick the team that they want to sign them. According to those who know these things basically in Japan you’re either a Yankees fan or a Yankees fan. So if the players get a say….